Good is the mora that makes all sure.

The best mirror is an old friend.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Writers aren't born, they're made - from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine.

To be alone as a pioneerlike we were, was difficult. My strategy was not only to help the people, or transform the world, but to do both

Our job this day is to become part of the answer to the world's immense and protracted suffering rather than continuing our ancient task of being part of the difficulty.

Take care, don't fight, and remember: if you do not choose to lead, you will forever be led by others. Find what scares you, and do it. And you can make a difference, if you choose to do so.

Some new machinery with adequate powers must be created now if our fine phrases and noble sentiments are to have substance and meaning for our children.

I always thought that, in a way, you want your Superman to be a total unknown.

The innovator's motto is this: I succeed or I learn but I never fail.

I believe that the officers, and, especially, the directors, of corporations should be held personally responsible when any corporation breaks the law.